Comparison

Printable Calendars vs The Plan Daily Planner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Printable Calendars

Features
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The Planner App You'll Actually Stick With. Most planner apps feel like spreadsheets. Paperly feels like your favorite journal — beautiful, personal, and actually fun to open every morning. Over 2 million people use Paperly to: Plan their week without stress Print stunning calendars from their phone Build habits that actually last Stay on top of meals, goals & to-dos Print-Ready Calendars Create gorgeous monthly, weekly, and daily calendars — then print them in seconds. Works with AirPrint, home printers, and Staples/FedEx Office. Perfect letter-size PDFs every time. Beautiful Templates That Feel Like You 50+ designer templates updated every season: Lavender Dream · Spring Bloom · Summer Glow Autumn Harvest · Winter Frost · Clean Slate Switch themes in one tap. Every layout is stunning. Plan Everything, Stress About Nothing Daily planner · Weekly agenda · Monthly calendar · Year view · Habit tracker · Meal planner · Goal tracker · To-do lists Make It Yours Customize fonts, colors, stickers, and photos. Add your family's birthdays, US holidays, school schedules — all in one place. Export Perfect PDFs High-resolution, print-ready exports. No blurry edges. No fuss. Premium users get watermark-free downloads.

About

The Plan Daily Planner

This app helps you focus your day by setting five key priorities, time-blocking your top three, and building a motivational streak. It offers daily planning tools, motivational reminders, and customization options. Unlock advanced features like an AI assistant and calendar sync with a Pro subscription.

Highlights
  • Daily focused planning page
  • Five priority tasks
  • Time-blocked top priorities
  • Motivational streaks
  • AI Planning Assistant
  • Calendar and Reminders Sync
Features
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The Plan turns each day into a single, focused page — so you stop juggling endless lists and start doing the work that matters. Every morning, set a reward, choose your five priorities, and commit. Star your top three and give them a time. Check them off, build your streak, and watch your momentum grow. DAILY PLANNING THAT WORKS - Five priority tasks, with your top three time-blocked - Seven additional tasks, notes, and a daily reward - A growing streak that makes it harder to stop than to keep going STAY MOTIVATED - Your Why: keep your goals, vision, and motivation one tap away - Daily motivational reminders and an evening streak nudge - Five planner editions: Epiphany (30 days), and Genesis, Continuity, Triumph, and Habit (90 days) MAKE IT YOURS - Three themes, with an app icon that changes to match - Adjustable text size and a custom streak icon THE PLAN PRO Unlock the premium features with a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase: - AI Planning Assistant: personalized help organizing your day - Planner Scanner: photograph your paper planner and import it instantly - Calendar and Reminders Sync: send priority tasks to Apple Calendar and Reminders No account required. Your plans are stored privately on your device. Start today. Make the plan. Work the plan. The Plan Pro is an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly) with a one-time lifetime option. Payment is charged to your Apple ID and renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://theplanlegal.netlify.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Printable Calendars4 screens
The Plan Daily Planner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Plan Daily Planner at none against Printable Calendars's shown. Printable Calendars's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Printable Calendars sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and The Plan Daily Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Printable Calendars ships an update every 4 weeks, The Plan Daily Planner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Printable Calendars versus The Plan Daily Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrintable CalendarsThe Plan Daily Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdul ShahabNidhi Arora

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Printable Calendars

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
3 purchases

The Plan Daily Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Annual$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$119.99

Questions

Is Printable Calendars free?
Printable Calendars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Plan Daily Planner free?
The Plan Daily Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Printable Calendars or The Plan Daily Planner have ads?
Printable Calendars shows ads; The Plan Daily Planner does not.
Which is updated more often, Printable Calendars or The Plan Daily Planner?
Printable Calendars ships an update every 4 weeks, and The Plan Daily Planner every 3 months. Most recently, Printable Calendars was updated on October 5, 2026 and The Plan Daily Planner on October 23, 2026.

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